wezterm.run_child_process(args)

Since: 20200503-171512-b13ef15f

This function accepts an argument list; it will attempt to spawn that command and will return a tuple consisting of the boolean success of the invocation, the stdout data and the stderr data.

local wezterm = require 'wezterm';

local success, stdout, stderr = wezterm.run_child_process({"ls", "-l"})

See also background_child_process